What was the penalty on USCe fake punt

So I think they ref told Beamer it was because he had the play stopped and then when the ref moved out of the way the punter immediately snapped it

I think the ref was aurguing the punter should have waited just a little bit longer (maybe waiting on a whistle to start the play?)

Either way on the replay, it didn't look like a good call, in my personal opinion. I feel like we got away with one

They got screwed on that. Ref shouldn’t have flagged that after he backed out of the way after tge time given to sub

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They got screwed on that. Ref shouldn’t have flagged that after he backed out of the way after tge time given to sub

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USCe has a legit gripe that refs are against them. Didn’t something questionable happen in our game with them last year?

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Definitely bad mechanics by the referee. He stopped the action by moving in front of the punter with his arms spread (proper mechanics). Then he moved out of the punters line of site but with his arms still out. The punter, like any reasonable human, took that as the ok to snap the ball. The referee should have stayed in the punter’s line of site.

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This is what happened. I don't know if the ref was supposed to blow the whistle or give him some kind of visual or audible signal that they could snap the ball, but he didn't and the punter assumed that when he stepped behind him he could snap the ball. Clearly the ref told Beamer that and Beamer knew it was the rule, or whatever, because he didn't really even argue.

a yellow flag was thrown in favor of LSU

People assume they would have converted but I’m not so sure. It’s pretty easy to convert when the defense all stops trying cause the play was dead.

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They did not explain much on the TV broadcast.

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Because they couldn't figure it out either. Like someone just wrote in another post, we got away with one.

Nothing there. Phantom BS call to take away SC first down.

It may have saved them from themselves. We had the play relatively well covered but the refs blew several whistles as the ball was hiked so our players kind of stopped playing.

Think there’s a good chance we stop it and have great field position. Everyone acting like it was a for sure first down is wrong in my opinion.

Tv said there was a substitution and the ref stepped in to hold play until LSU had a chance to sub. But the ref stepped to the side instead of staying in front and USC snapped the ball on the fake punt. The ref blew the whistle to stop play because he never signaled to start. Kind of complicated and Beamer went berserk.